The Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf changed the face of the electric car market in 2011. While these two electric cars served as front-runners , 2012 may prove to be the year of the electric car.

One year after launching its new-generation urban electric vehicles, PSA Peugeot Citroën is the European leader in the electric cars with lithium ion batteries, with a share of nearly 30%.

With just a few electric vehicles available and a charging infrastructure still yet to get off the ground, sales were understandably slow for electric cars that were significantly more expensive than their petrol equivalents.

The electric vehicles Golf are equipped with a lithium ion batteries motor housed in the front of the electric car. The motor has a maximum output of 85 kW, equivalent to 115 hp, and can produce 270 Nm of torque.

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Figures this week showed that the first mass-produced electric cars in the United States, the Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt, had total sales of 17,345 in 2011, the first year in which they were available.

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd expects to sell Mahindra Reva electric cars in India by November. Mahindra acquired electric car maker Reva in 2010.

The Volt’s lithium-ion battery pack became the focus of a federal safety investigation after the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration conducted a crash test last spring on one electric car Volt.

Last year, the electric-car revolution became real. The White House hopes to meet its ambitious goal of putting 1.5 million lithium ion batteries electric cars on the road by mid-decade.

UQM Technologies, Inc. (NYSE Amex: UQM) has received an order for 100 additional PowerPhase® HD Select 200 systems from Electric Vehicles International (EVI).

Every major automaker has at least one electric car in the pipeline, and public charging stations are becoming more common.

Tennessee already makes solar panels and will be making the electric car Leaf and lithium ion batteries in Smyrna next year. Tennesseans moving to electric cars, solar energy for good reasons.

The recently government support for electric cars has sparked a race to launch homegrown between Hyundai Motor Group and Renault Samsung. Both have vowed to launch the country’s first mass produced electric car.

?We have plans to mass produce electric cars with lithium ion batteries out of our Busan plant, we will confirm the details at the beginning of next year.?

CODA Automotive, a leading developer of electric vehicles, announced its intention to make Marvin K. Brown its exclusive dealer partner.

That 93 percent initial energy content will charge the electric car lithium ion batteries with about 75 percent efficiency, meaning that the engine will receive nearly 24 percent of the fuel energy

The official said that the common standards would provide significant technological support for the building of infrastructure that will help promote electric cars.

On Monday launched the hybrid car Aqua, as the company looks to fight off competition from pure electric vehicles.

The NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission has announced that starting in the spring, six Nissan Leaf electric vehicles will begin service as taxis in New York City

Polaris India, the multi-terrain vehicles major, plans to launch electric cars in the country after solving issues like infrastructure.